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Bobcats Travel To Intrastate Rival Sacred Heart TuesdayThe Quinnipiac University men's lacrosse team travels
south on the Merritt Parkway Tuesday night to face intrastate rival
Sacred Heart at Campus Field. The Bobcats snapped a two-game losing
skid in convincing fashion Saturday, defeating ECAC foe Bellarmine,
20-7. Meanwhile, the Pioneers have fallen in four straight contests
to Mount St. Mary's, Lehigh, Bryant and Robert Morris. The Pioneers
have taken the last two meetings from the Bobcats.

Scouting the Sacred Heart PioneersTimmy Katz is the runaway points leader for the Pioneers
with 37, including a team-best 27 goals. Evan Morgan is Sacred
Heart's assists leader with 13, and is tied for second in points
(23) with Jon Flood. The next-best point total on the team is 10
(Matt Ferrino). Tom Trgo has seen the majority of time in net for
the Pioneers, stopping 58.6 percent of the shots he's seen, while
compiling a 10.15 goals-against average. Stephen Kontos is Sacred
Heart's primary face-off man, winning 45.1 percent of his
opportunities.

Bellarmine BlowoutAfter defeating Bellarmine by one goal in three of four
wins in the all-time series prior to their April 24 pairing with
the Knights, Quinnipiac left no doubt in a 20-7 victory. Jack
Oppenheimer led the way with six goals, second-most in Quinnipiac
single-game history, while Christian Haggerty dished out five
assists.

Glad
To Have YouJunior transfer Christian Haggerty leads the Bobcats in
points (35), with 13 goals and 22 assists. His assist total also
leads Quinnipiac, and ranks fifth on the program single-season
list. Haggerty is the first Bobcat to reach as many as 17 assists
in a season since both Joe Baglio (29) and Jeff Speed (24) did so
in 2001. He currently ranks eighth in the nation at 2.0 assists per
game.

Oppenheimer Climbs Quinnipiac Career Goals ListWith six goals April 24 against Bellarmine, Jack
Oppenheimer pushed his career total to 51 goals, good for 14th in
Quinnipiac history.

Causing HavocThe Bobcats ranked fifth in the nation in caused turnovers
per game, entering the week averaging 10.45 per game.

Lucky SevensQuinnipiac enters the week seventh in the nation in both
face-off winning percentage (.567) and ground balls per game, paced
by Zach Pall, who is fourth nationally in both categories (6.8
gbpg, .607 face-off winning percentage).

Kaiser Creeps Up Quinnipiac Scoring ListWith his 40th career goal, April 24 against Bellarmine,
Todd Kaiser moved into a tie for 16th on the QU All-Time scoring
list.

Oppenheimer Goals: The Right Way To ScoreWith 26 goals this season, Jack Oppenheimer leads the
Bobcats. Oppenheimer led the Bobcats in both points (26) and goals
(20) in 2009. With three games remaining this season, he's already
surpassed both marks.

Benz, But Don't BreakSenior goalie Kevin Benzing has been his typical steady
self in net for the Bobcats this season, maintaining a 8.90
goals-against average and a .551 save percentage while posting a
6-5 record. His save percentage ranked 19th nationally to begin the
week, while his goals-against average was 20th.

Gettin' After Ground BallsThe Bobcats won a decisive victory in the ground-ball game
at Air Force, April 9, scooping up 34 to the Falcons' 15.

Simply the BestFor his 21-save effort at Hobart on March 20, Kevin
Benzing was named the ECAC Lacrosse and Northeast Conference
Defensive Player of the Week. The 21 saves were the most in the
nation in a single game during that week, and a career high for the
senior goalie.

Marotto Makes His MarkAlex Marotto scored three goals, all in the decisive
second half, March 20 at Hobart. Marotto tied the game at 4-4,
before later adding insurance goals to push the Bobcats' lead to
7-4 and 9-7.

New
AdditionJunior transfer Christian Haggerty had a team-high six
points (two goals, four assists) in the Bobcats' 12-2 win over
Providence, March 13. For his effort, he was named the ECAC
Lacrosse Co-Player of the Week.

Three For AllChristian Haggerty, Peter McNichols and Jack Oppenheimer
each contributed three goals and an assist in the Bobcats' 13-8
victory, March 7 at Detroit-Mercy.

Saving FaceThe Bobcats won 22-of-26 face-off opportunities against
Wagner. Zach Pall led the way, going a perfect 7-for-7, while Derek
Flynn (8-for-10) and Jay Binkowski (7-for-9) were also extremely
efficient.

Kaiser ConnectsTodd Kaiser led the Bobcats with a goal and an assist in
Quinnipiac's season opener against No. 10 Loyola, Feb. 27.

Benzing Sends Back 16 ShotsKevin Benzing did all he could to keep the Bobcats in the
game, Feb. 27, against nationally-ranked No. 10 Loyola. Benzing
stopped 16 of the 27 shots he faced on the day.

On
DeckThe Bobcats return to action Saturday, when they play host
to future Northeast Conference foe Bryant. Opening face-off is
scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey & Lacrosse
Turf Field.